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Feb 06 2021
News
Supreme Court Rules Against California Ban On In-Person Worship Amid The Pandemic
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that California can no longer continue with a ban on indoor church services put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but said the state can keep in place restrictions on singing and chanting inside.
The two cases at the center of Friday's rulings marked a test of how far states can go to safeguard public health before running afoul of
NPR (Online News)Oct 17 2019
News
In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace
The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their
Pew Research CenterJan 05 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Wild claims of police oppression fit the radical narrative
The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of police last year have reignited the war liberals have waged against our cops. It’s “our cops” — not “the cops” — because no matter what our race, religion, economic circumstance, we all rely on the police for our families’ safety.
Washington TimesDec 11 2015
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Amid Farook family violence, brothers were a study in contrasts
The brothers were a study in contrasts. Syed Raheel Farook was the extrovert — loud and sociable with an air of nonchalance. Acquaintances said he preferred to walk a casual line when it came to religion. He told people he "wasn't into Islam," dated a non-Muslim girl, imbibed freely and showed up at a local mosque primarily to please his family.
Los Angeles TimesAug 23 2012
News
Christian groups stand behind Akin's agenda
Rep. Todd Akin has had little success in his efforts to increase religions role in government, but hes gained a following in Christian groups  the friends he has left after being rejected by most of the GOP over his comments on rape and abortion.
Washington PostFeb 25 2014
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Governor of Arizona Is Pressed to Veto Bill
As the Arizona Legislature sent a bill to her desk Monday that would grant business owners the right to invoke religion to refuse service to gays and others, Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, faced pressure from many corners to veto the measure, which has cast unwanted national attention on Arizona.
New York Times (News)Apr 07 2015
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Rush Limbaugh: Left Has 'Fear and Hatred of Christianity'
The left's "fear and hatred of Christianity" and religion in general has driven America's culture wars for the past 30 years, Rush Limbaugh told his radio audience Monday.
"That is what people on the left just have the biggest struggle with. It's a giant enemy," he said in comments reported by Breitbart.
Newsmax (News)Dec 15 2019
Analysis
Trump Signs Order Interpreting Judaism As A Nationality And Race
UPDATE: With his son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner hovering inches behind him, President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that interprets Judaism as a nationality or race and religion so that the federal government can threaten to withhold funds from schools deemed to be fostering anti-semitism in school activities, programs, curricula and classrooms. What it really will do
The American ConservativeMay 26 2016
News
Obama: Trump More Interested In ‘Tweets And Headlines’ Than Keeping America Safe
U.S. President Barack Obama addressed global concerns about Donald Trump during one of the year’s most prominent diplomatic events: the G7 summit.
The president said during a press conference on Thursday that world leaders have “good reason” to worry about the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who has proposed banning an entire religion of people from the U.S.
HuffPostDec 30 2015
News
Americans prize religious freedom for Christians — less for Muslims or atheists
Eight in 10 Americans say it’s very or extremely important for people like themselves to be allowed to practice their religion freely.
However, support for religious freedom plummeted when people were asked about other traditions, according to a survey released Wednesday (Dec. 30) by the National Opinion Research Center for Public Affairs Research and The Associated Press.
The
CNN (Online News)